a great Barcelona He recovered the best of his defenses and the success from the triple, hallmarks that led him to sign a magnificent first third of the season before collapsing due to injuries, and completely dismasted La Laguna Tenerife (100-67) to advance in the best-of-five League semi-final.
Patty Mills tries to outrun the giant Fall, who is chasing her.
It seemed that the people of Tenerife, after starring in the machada of the season by eliminating Real Madrid in quarters, they had already done everything they had to do. In the Palau there was no no trace of the brave character that they demonstrated against the leader of the regular phase. Not even his exterior success (3/18 triples). The intensity and physicality exhibited by the Blaugranas left La Laguna dry.
The blaugranas, path to redemption
Barça, after many months suffering from the injuries of some of its key men, shows a more recognizable face again. The attitude, success and hunger that he has shown in the last games guarantee him to to be able to fight for the league title and redeem themselves after so much sufferingredirecting a campaign that pointed to disaster and may not be so.
Darío Brizuela, one of Barcelona’s standouts.
A lot of the blame for this lies with two of the Blaugranas who were in the dry dock. Laprovittola (12+2+6 with 4/7 t3)almost the entire campaign in the infirmary, and Shengelia (14+7+2)many weeks away, stood out in the victory alongside Brizuela (18 points with 3/5 t3).
The blanket doesn’t cover anything
Barça He learned a lot from Madridspecifically everything he should not do to give life to his rival. From the initial jump he stuffed the giant with balls Fall already Shengeliaforcing Tenerife, orphan of Shermadini and with War still without rhythm, to close. He pulled the blanket to cover the area, leaving the perimeter exposed, from where the blaugranas (13/27 triples) They destroyed them.
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And in defense Barça was not far behind, he suffocated the ‘little ones’ with his pressure but cool game generators Marcelinho Huertas and Patty Millswho did not find any loophole. Only Scrub at the beginning (9) and Yebo (16+6), a late reinforcement, they were saved from the bad image that their team gave at the Palau.
The islanders only competed in the first act (19-11, min 10) thanks to Scrub and to the six losses of the azulgranas, who lost the second with Laprovittola, Parra and Brizuela hyperactive (46-27, min 20). Then Shengeliawith 10 points, and Brizuelawith a 3+1, they sentenced (68-45, min 28) before a The Lagoon whose game touched the flat encephalogram (100-67).
Technical sheet:
100- Barça (19+27+26+28): Marcos (6), Punter (4), Clyburn (5), Shengelia (14), Fall (6) -starting five-, Cale (6), Vesely (4), Brizuela (18), Satoransky (6), Hernangómez (8), Laprovittola (12) and Parra (11).
67 – La Laguna Tenerife (11+16+21+19): Huertas (8), Sastre (-), Scrubb (9), Doornekamp (4), Yebo (16) -starting five-, Juan Fernández (2), Van Beck (7), Fridriksson (-), Abromaitis (7), Alderete (2), Guerra (3) and Mills (9).
Referees: Carlos PerugaRafael SerranoJavier Torres. No eliminated
Incidents: first match of the Endesa League semi-final series played at the Palau Blaugrana before 4,571 spectators.